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But this exchange eventually turns sour, when Jules finds out “Tyler” is actually a fake name used by Nate, the conniving jock whose flirtation with Jules becomes part of a scheme to protect his family.

After coaxing Jules into sending nudes, Nate threatens to get her charged with distributing child porn unless she stays silent about their virtual romance—and the fact that she previously slept with his dad.

I’ve chatted online with many boys like Shy Guy118, who are attracted to my femininity and intrigued—or explicitly turned on—by the fact that I have a dick.

The vast majority of these trans-attracted men have come into my life through Grindr, and many trans girls I know say the same.

The show hints that Nate wrestles with his sexuality—he’s insanely awkward about seeing naked men in the locker room, while his phone is littered with other guys’ dick pics—but it’s unclear if he has feelings for Jules or merely uses her for his own selfish ends.

My own dating life isn’t quite so dramatic, but whether Jules is tempting a straight-identified man, or simply getting played, I can relate.And that’s just what got me hooked on her storyline: in part because show creator Sam Levinson allowed Schafer to help shape the character, Jules is the best portrayal of a trans girl that I have seen in media.Jules meets Tyler, who goes by the username Shy Guy118, on a hookup app that looks just like Scruff, a real-life dating app for “gay, bi, trans, and queer guys to connect.” Though Jules is not any of those things, she has a history of using the app to meet men who are into sleeping with trans girls like herself.Then I ask him whether or other positive depictions of trans people have started coming up in his work. “Most of the guys we’ve talked with get their ongoing awareness of trans women from porn.” This doesn’t surprise me.It’s consistent with the work of trans journalist Diana Tourjée, whose stories about trans-attracted men reveal that many cite porn as an influence.But when I started transitioning and began using photos in which I looked like a woman, my Grindr experience completely flipped.